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Webster 1913 Edition

Torrid

Tor′rid

,
Adj.
[L.
torridus
, fr.
torrere
to parch, to burn, akin to E.
Thist
: cf. F.
torride
. See
Thirst
.]
1.
Parched; dried with heat;
as, a
torrid
plain or desert
.
“Barca or Cyrene’s torrid soil.”
Milton.
2.
Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching.
“Torrid heat.”
Milton.
Torrid zone
(Geog.)
,
that space or board belt of the earth, included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period of every year, and the heat is always great.

Webster 1828 Edition

Torrid

TOR'RID

,
Adj.
[L. torridus, from torreo, to roast.]
1.
Parched; dried with heat; as a torrid plain or desert.
2.
Violently hot; burning or parching; as a torrid heat.
Torrid zone, in geography, that space or broad belt of the earth included between the tropics, over which the sun is vertical at some period every year, and where the heat is always great.

Definition 2024

torrid

torrid

English

Adjective

torrid ‎(comparative torrider, superlative torridest)

  1. Very hot and dry.
  2. Full of intense emotions arising from sexual love; ardent and passionate.
  3. Full of difficulty.

Derived terms

Translations

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔrɪd/

Verb

torrid

  1. (literary) imperfect / conditional impersonal of torri

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
torrid dorrid nhorrid thorrid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Latin torridus, from torreō ‎(“parch, scorch”).

Pronunciation

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